Also, I have included a Smokey Bear poster of all state trees. Here you will see each tree, a fruit and a leaf. State Tree Poster
Note: I try to link each state tree to important botanical and silvic information.
Alabama State Tree, longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, enacted 1997
Alaska State Tree, Sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis, enacted 1962
Arizona State Tree, palo verde, Parkinsonia florida, enacted unknown
Arkansas State Tree, Southern yellow pine (shortleaf pine), Pinus echinata, enacted 1939
California State Tree, California redwood, Sequoia giganteum* Sequoia sempervirens*, enacted 1937/1953
Colorado State Tree, Colorado blue spruce, Picea pungens, enacted 1939
Connecticut State Tree, white oak, Quercus alba, enacted 1947
District of Columbia State Tree, scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea, enacted 1939
Delaware State Tree, American holly, Ilex opaca, enacted 1939
Florida State Tree, Sabal palm, Sabal palmetto, enacted 1953
Georgia State Tree, live oak, Quercus virginiana, enacted 1937
Guam State Tree, ifil or ifit, Intsia bijuga
Hawaii State Tree, kukui or candlenut, Aleurites moluccana, enacted 1959
Idaho State Tree, western white pine, Pinus monticola, enacted 1935
Illinois State Tree, white oak, Quercus alba, enacted 1973
Indiana State Tree, tulip tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, enacted 1931
Iowa State Tree, oak, Quercus**, enacted 1961
Kansas State Tree, cottonwood, Populus deltoides, enacted 1937
Kentucky State Tree, tulip poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, enacted 1994
Louisiana State Tree, baldcypress , Taxodium distichum, enacted 1963
Maine State Tree, eastern white pine, Pinus strobus, enacted 1945
Maryland State Tree, white oak , Quercus alba, enacted 1941
Massachusetts State Tree, American elm , Ulmus americana, enacted 1941
Michigan State Tree, eastern white pine , Pinus strobus, enacted 1955
Minnesota State Tree, red pine , Pinus resinosa, enacted 1945
Mississippi State Tree, magnolia, Magnolia***, enacted 1938
Missouri State Tree, flowering dogwood, Cornus florida, enacted 1955
Montana State Tree, ponderosa pine, Pinus ponderosa, enacted 1949
Nebraska State Tree, cottonwood, Populus deltoides, enacted 1972
Nevada State Tree, singleleaf pinyon pine, Pinus monophylla, enacted 1953
New Hampshire State Tree, white birch, Betula papyrifera, enacted 1947
New Jersey State Tree, Northern red oak, Quercus rubra, enacted 1950
New Mexico State Tree, pinyon pine, Pinus edulis, enacted 1949
New York State Tree, sugar maple, Acer saccharum, enacted 1956
North Carolina State Tree, pine, Pinus sp., enacted 1963
North Dakota State Tree, American elm, Ulmus americana, enacted 1947
Northern Marianas State Tree, flame tree, Delonix regia
Ohio State Tree, buckeye, Aesculus glabra, enacted 1953
Oklahoma State Tree, redbud, Cercis canadensis, enacted 1937
Oregon State Tree, Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii, enacted 1939
Pennsylvania State Tree, eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, enacted 1931
Puerto Rico State Tree, silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra
Rhode Island State Tree, red maple, Acer rubrum, enacted 1964
South Carolina State Tree, Sabel palm, Sabal palmetto, enacted 1939
South Dakota State Tree, black hills spruce, Picea glauca, enacted 1947
Tennessee State Tree, tulip poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, enacted 1947
Texas State Tree, pecan, Carya illinoinensis, enacted 1947
Utah State Tree, blue spruce, Picea pungens, enacted 1933
Vermont State Tree, sugar maple, Acer saccharum, enacted 1949
Virginia State Tree, flowering dogwood, Cornus florida, enacted 1956
Washington State Tree, western hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, enacted 1947
West Virginia State Tree, sugar maple, Acer saccharum, enacted 1949
Wisconsin State Tree, sugar maple, Acer saccharum, enacted 1949
Wyoming State Tree, plains cottonwood, Poplus deltoides subsp. monilifera, enacted 1947
* California has designated two distinct species as its state tree.
** Although Iowa did not designate a specific species of oak as its state tree, many people recognize bur oak, Quercus macrocarpa, as the state tree since it is the most widespread species in the state.
*** Although no specific species of magnolia was designated as the state tree of Mississippi, most references recognize the Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora, as the state tree.
This information was provided by the United States National Arboretum. Many state trees listed here can be found in the U.S. National Arboretum's "National Grove of State Trees."
